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Tuesday, June 28, 2005

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 Today's quote: Clifford

"It is wrong always, everywhere and for everyone to believe anything upon insufficient evidence."
~ W. K. Clifford, The Ethics of Belief: An Anthology of Atheism and Rationalism

posted by Nanovirus @ 09:55     permalink your thoughts? 1

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

While I agree people should not believe things on insufficient evidence, why is it *wrong* in the moral sense? Maybe because of the harm it can lead to? But what about the comfort religion provides to some? Maybe the pain caused by religion outweighs this.

Maybe I answered my question.

3:47 PM  

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